Saxitoxin From Harmful Algal Blooms Culprit in Northern Fur Seals Deaths in the Bering Sea
In August last year, a northern fur seal mortality event was documented on St. Paul Island, in the Southeast Bering Sea. Ten seals in good body condition were found dead along with large accumulations of dead fish on Benson Beach located on St. Paul Island. Full necropsies of the five available adult seals, one pup, and several fish did not reveal any overt causes of death. But testing their tissues not only revealed what killed them, it established the first known link between the...
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